439, Lot: 171. Estimate $150. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy VI Philometor. First sole reign, 180-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 13.41 g, 12h). Paphos mint. Dated RY 11 (169 BC). Diademed head of Ptolemy I right, wearing aegis around neck / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; L IA (date) to left, star above Π to right. Svoronos 1318; Olivier 1971–2 (D330/R1107); Mørkholm & Kromann 49–50 (A12/P43); SNG Copenhagen –; DCA 40. VF, hairline flan crack, porous. Extremely rare, only three examples recorded by Olivier, none in CoinArchives.